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You can find information on the building’s accessibility, the exhibition route and the exhibitions, as well as audio and video content for blind or visually impaired visitors.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

I’m coming to the Museum by car. Where can I park?
There are several car parks available near the Castle. Please be aware of the ZTL (Restricted Traffic Zone) in force in the historic centre of Castelbuono.
For up-to-date information on the most convenient car parks, please ask the staff at the ticket office or contact Castelbuono Town Council.

Are there any architectural barriers at the museum?
The Castelbuono Civic Museum is housed in a 14th-century castle spread over several floors, accessible via stairs. Some parts of the tour may be difficult for visitors with reduced mobility.
For full details of the tour route, please contact us before you visit: our staff will be happy to help you organise your visit in the most comfortable way possible.
Are pets allowed? Pets are welcome at the museum, provided they are kept under control throughout the visit.

Are there any architectural barriers at the museum? The Castelbuono Civic Museum is housed in a 14th-century castle spread over several floors, accessible via stairs. Some parts of the tour may be difficult for visitors with reduced mobility.
For full details of the tour route, please contact us before you visit: our staff will be happy to help you organise your visit in the most comfortable way possible.
Are pets allowed? Pets are welcome at the museum, provided they are kept under control throughout the visit.

 

A Museum to be heard

The Castelbuono Civic Museum also tells its story through the spoken word. Because some places ask to be heard even before they are seen, and the Ventimiglia Castle, with its history spanning almost a millennium, is one of them.
https://www.museocivico.eu/project/t-cunto-voce-del-verbo-narrare/
https://www.museocivico.eu/project/t-cunto-voce-del-verbo-narrare/

 

A Museum to Read

Browse the museum guide in Easy-to-Read language > >

 

A Museum to Touch

Tactile models of some of the artworks are now available to all visitors to the museum.

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Cultural welfare

The Castelbuono Civic Museum sees the museum as a means of engaging with the community. In this vision, culture is not a privilege but a practical tool for individual and collective well-being: a means of caring for people, reducing inequalities and building stronger social bonds.

Pharmakon — Art and personal care

The Civic Museum has collaborated with the Buccheri La Ferla Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Palermo on the experimental art-therapy project Pharmakon, designed for patients suffering from fibromyalgia — a chronic condition characterised by widespread pain affecting muscles, joints and tissues.

Inspired by the experience of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the project explored therapies complementary to pharmacological treatment, investigating the effects that art and narrative medicine can have on improving the quality of life of chronically ill patients.

An experience that confirmed what the WHO had already recognised in 2019: cultural participation tangibly improves people’s physical and mental well-being.

CTA Fauni — Art, community and care

The Castelbuono Civic Museum collaborates with the Fauni Assisted Therapeutic Community in Castelbuono, an organisation active in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation and social reintegration.
This collaboration transforms the castle’s cultural heritage into a tool for welcoming, connecting with and caring for people facing periods of vulnerability.

 

Il PEBA, Piano per l’Eliminazione delle Barriere Architettoniche del Museo. Download